One other VERY important issue. When you load and unload the bike, the ramp should be set up to go toward the passenger side of the vehicle. The reason is that if you ever break down on the side of the road, and need to take the bike to pick up parts, it will be much easier to unload it down toward a ditch, than into 2 lanes of traffic. I made this mistake with mine. While I did not need to run any errands, I did however need to unload the bike, to get at my spare tire. I was fortunate enough to be able to pull into the median to unload the bike.